Our Vision

Meet Ambur

Ambur C. Smith, Esq. is the Founder and Managing Attorney of the Law Office of Attorney Ambur C. Smith PLLC (Ambur Smith Law). Her clients are creatives, founder-led businesses, and progressive nonprofits across the sports, entertainment, fashion, tech, political, and wellness industries; navigating a wide range of transactional matters and alternative dispute resolution. 

Prior to launching her own firm, Ambur represented clients ranging from publicly traded banks and multinational corporations, to professional athletes, and cannabis startups as a Commercial Finance and Banking Associate of an Am Law 200 law firm; and managed Ohio's first entirely remote Voter Protection Hotline as the Ohio Democrats' Deputy Director of Voter Protection in 2020. In law school, Ambur explored her passion for international human rights as an intern for South Africa's largest human rights law firm, and as a member of Georgetown's highly selective International Women's Human Rights Clinic (IWHRC), before accepting a full time position post graduation. 

Ambur was born and raised in Glendale, Wisconsin and is a proud graduate of the historically Black college and university (HBCU) Hampton University and the Georgetown University Law Center. Connect with Ambur via socials @ambursmithlaw.

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Community Involvement ​

• The George Washington University Law School (Professorial Lecturer of Law (2025-Present)) 

• The DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) Intellectual Property (IP)  Alliance (Founding Board Member, DEI Pillar (2024 - Present)) 

• The Washington Bar Association Educational Foundation (Community Service Chair, Board Member (2024-2025))

• US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)  and American Intellectual Property Association (AIPLA) Women Entrepreneurs Program (Mentor) (2024)​

Education 

• The Georgetown University Law Center (J.D; 2018) 

  • National Women's Law Center, 2018 Outstanding Law Student Award Recipient 

  • Dean's Certificate Recipient 

  • Mamolen Opportunity Scholarship Recipient 

  • The Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives, Executive Board Member

  • The International Women’s Human Rights Clinic, Spring ‘17

• Hampton University (B.A. Political Science/Pre-Law, 2015) 

  • William R. Harvey, Presidential Scholarship Recipient 

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Bar Admissions

• The District of Columbia (Since 2020)

• Ohio (Since 2019) 

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